Giverny
I've been lucky enough to visit Monet's gardens at Giverny three times in the past year, and each time they've been very different. The spring this year was good for…
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May 20, 2014
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Splash
Rain left puddles along the paths and trails of the Parc de Sceaux, on the outskirts of Paris. I positioned my camera to capture the perspective generated by the reflections…
May 3, 2014
Night at the Louvre
Photographing after dark in the grand courtyard of the Louvre is always great fun. The pyramid becomes an abstraction, and is an interesting contrast in its modernity with the ornate…
May 2, 2014
Double Rainbow over Paris
In the afternoon the rain started to come down hard, with a lush, almost tropical sound as it fell hard on the rooftops of Paris. I went upstairs because I…
April 26, 2014
Rain in Rodin’s Garden
One of my favorite places in Paris is the garden behind the Rodin Museum, where I went this morning. Of course, a Rodin garden would not be complete without Rodin's…
April 26, 2014
Pont Royal
Spring in Paris means that sometimes it rains, which can make it all the more romantic. I took advantage of the moody light today to photograph along the Seine River.…
April 25, 2014
Recipe for a Refraction
Ingredients: 1 DSLR (Nikon D800 or equivalent) 1 Moderate telephoto lens (135mm f/2 Zeiss or equivalent) 1 Extension tube (12mm) 1 Tripod 1 Remote release 1 White bed sheet 2…
April 22, 2014
Harold Davis Portfolios—current availability
I wanted to post current information about our portfolios: Botanique, Monochromatic Visions and Following the Kumano kodo. I am very excited that both Botanique and Monochromatic Visions were featured in Fine Art…
April 17, 2014
Solar Flare
Rain in California this spring has been sorely needed. It has fallen intermittently and blessedly heavy at times---but never enough to stop the drought or replenish the reservoirs. After one…
April 10, 2014
Using Light for Emotional Impact
Photography is the art and craft of capturing light, whether via silver halide chemistry on film, or via silicon on a sensor array. "Capturing light" is probably the key part…
April 9, 2014
Looking back and thinking forward
I've been looking through my archives from last year in Paris---and finding many images that I want to process! Looking back at the crop from the spring of last year…
April 8, 2014
Apartments on the Boulevard Haussman
I was struck by the regularity in this apartment building. Nobody had planters out, no bikes were stored, and old shoes weren't resting in the window embrasures. This kind of…
April 6, 2014
Nature’s Palette
Contrary to common cliché, the colors of nature are not always beautiful. But in the case of flowers, colors are almost always beautiful to human eyes. True, flowers need to…
April 4, 2014
Zeiss Lens Ambassador – Harold Davis
I'm really pleased with my new page as a sponsored photographer on the Zeiss Camera Lens Ambassador site. Check it out: http://www.zeiss.com/camera-lenses/en_us/ambassadors/harold_davis.html. Related link: Otus & me (an informal review).
April 3, 2014
Sunday in the Park with George
Sunday in the Park with George. "George" in this case was my Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 lens. The park is Square Jean XXIII, just behind Notre Dame in Paris, on a…
April 1, 2014
Hip to be square
An important part of the gentle art of photographic composition is to recognize that we are rendering a three-dimensional world, in part by presenting it within a two-dimensional frame. An…
March 27, 2014
Awagami Video with Botanique
I'm really pleased to note a new professionally-made video from Awagami about photographers who print on Awagami washi that shows my Botanique. The video can be played below, embedded from…
March 25, 2014